Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1887-02-06

TO HERSELF,
1t was not long after this that she
brought me letter addressed to herself,
whose contents she was quite unable to
understand, couched as they were in
legal and technical terms. The letter
was from the lawyer OF q wealthy lady in
ST. Louis, for whom Kitty's mother had
worked long time in her grlhoOd as
chiid's nurse. The lady had died SIX
months before the date OF the letter, and
her mind during her last illness reverting
10 the ary years of her marriage and to
the person who had so tenderly and faith
fully cared for her children, she resolved
10 make some little provision for the old
age OF that person. The lady had lost
sight of her old servant for many years,
and in the event OF the servant having died
before herself the legacy $500-was
TO revert to a certain charity; but
Il the servant survived the testatrix the
money was to go to her and her heirs for.
ever.
Don't YOU see, Kitty? It's perfectly
plain. Your mother died twenty years
ago, more's the pity, so the money
stays in st. Louis; but if she had died
wUhin six months then you would have
$500"
paused, startled by the agitation in
kitty's face.
WHATS the matterr' I said, gently.
Surely the child was not gong to cry
for her mother now, when she had
been for a score of years free from
tot! and trouble and battling with the
world?
Il can't tell you-Inever meant to tellH'
sobhed Kitty.
You must tell me every wordr' | SAID.
firmly, and as no one can withs and nv
dete minatiOn where secret Is to he I'M
AHTthpI Kitty told 10
chOked by tears.
You remember when I told you nv
aunt was dead and wanted to 90 to the
'uneral? Well, it wasn't nv aunt-it
was my mother! She didn't die when
father did. She put me in the Home and
tried tn work, hut she was little thing
Ike me, and not strong, and she was very
pretty and So"
A fresh burst OF sobbing filed up the
hiatus better than any words. Poor little
KITTY! saw now whence she derived
ter vanity and innocent love of fnery.
1t will never be known what long dead
ancestor bequeathed to her her power
Of self-denlal, OF devotion, of silently
bearing aspersiOns and ill-repute
rather than betray her mothers unworthi-
ness.
"ohe used to come down to the Home
t. see me-" continued Kitty, land she
wore the most beautiful silk dresses. but
even when | was little hit OF a child
knew she didn't come by them rightly
And | saved up the pennies visitors
would give me to buy candy, till had
enough to buy her Bible. II took me a
long time. thought maybe it might do
her some good"
o Luther! Martin Luther! did really
think your influence was OF no avail in
this ave of ours?
After while she wore palmer clothes
and began to have a hard time every
way. Sue was real poor these last few
wears, ana | helped her all | could.
Fifteen months ago she got SICK with a
cancer, and after that | took all the care
OF her"
But you have been here, living with
men' exclaimed.
"1es; but hired a bedroom and had
the woman That lived in the house 90 in
and tend tu mother all she need ed. "Nitty
explained, simply. OF course couldn't
pay as much "a ought, but the woman
8 real goOd-she Is waiting for what
owe. The doctor was kind, too: hr
wouldn't make out any bill at all. Well.
she suffered everything for year ana
then she died. Tue very asst day she read
in the Bible gave hrr when was d little
girI, and we clasped her MAIDS over it. in
the cuttn.'
"But. Kitty. dOn't understandable
YOU 90 to balls all the time your mother
was so sick?"
"Oh, no. ma'am. Sometimes went. be-
fore she got very bal but toward the
last spent every minute could with
her, and many night when ycu thought
l was dancing | sat by her till daylight
and then buried back here lon before
YOU were up"